Incidents

The Russian hovercraft ferry Vasily Ilyin (representative photo only)
Search and Rescue

Hovercraft crews rescue 128 passengers from grounded river ferry in eastern Russia

Gareth Havelock
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

Greece-Panama law firm sanctioned by US for aiding Iranian shipping

Reuters
SalMar
Accidents

Worker airlifted to hospital after crushing accident at SalMar fish farm in Norway

Alan Bosworth
A vessel attempts to extinguish the blaze on the Abkatun-H production platform in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico, October 19, 2026.
Incidents

Fire ignites on unmanned offshore platform in Mexico's Bay of Campeche

Jens Karsten
Other vessels attempt to extinguish the blaze on the ferry Batumandi near Indonesia's Merak Port, October 20, 2026
Accidents

Multiple vessels respond after ferry catches fire off Merak, Indonesia

Gareth Havelock
Aquacharm
Accidents

Vietnamese authorities order tug standby after bulk carrier strikes unfinished wharf

Gareth Havelock
Map of Cuba
Crime & Piracy

Communist-led Cuba accuses US of harbouring terrorists after boat clash

Reuters
A Swiss Army Ribcraft RIB
Accidents

Three injured in army training boat accident on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland

Will Xavier
The US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Active during an interdiction operation in the Pacific Ocean in late 2020
Accidents

US Coast Guard suspends search for 11 missing following boat sinking off Mexico

Will Xavier
The charred wreck of the Philippine ferry June Aster. The vessel caught fire while underway off Palawan province on the late evening of September 9, 2026. Seventy-seven people who were on the ferry perished in the tragedy while 43 were rescued and another eight remain unaccounted for as of September 28, 2026.
Accidents

Philippine officials link fatal ferry fire to unsecured chemical cargo

Will Xavier
Aegean Sea
Crime & Piracy

12 illegal migrants dead as boats overturn during coast guard chase off Greece

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Acts of War

Two tankers catch fire in Strait of Hormuz mine blasts, Iran says

Reuters
AIDAnova
Search and Rescue

Cruise ship rescues four from burning Danish fishing vessel in Skagerrak

Gareth Havelock
ITS Thaon di Revel
Naval

EU extends Mediterranean naval mission to 2029 with focus on Russian "shadow fleet"

Alan Bosworth
Wine Trader
Search and Rescue

Search back on for missing after drone strikes tanker off Romania

Reuters
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | How Iran is slipping gas and jet fuel past the US naval blockade

Reuters
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Tankers

US "shadow fleet" sanctions relief unlikely to solve tanker shortage, but freight futures still fall

Reuters
Driade
Accidents

Ferry refloated after grounding in Procida, Italy

Gareth Havelock
A container vessel believed to be the Singapore-registered GFS Pride on fire after she struck a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, October 14, 2026. The ship later sank though her entire crew were all safely rescued.
Shipping

COLUMN | Cold War memories: why the world was actually much safer for seafarers back then [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Suspected pirates await boarding of their vessel by US Navy personnel somewhere in the Gulf of Guinea.
Crime & Piracy

IMB records 51 piracy incidents in nine months as Somali hijackings raise crew toll

Will Xavier
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